is a correctional facility in Higashi-ku,

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. A part of the

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, it is operated by the

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. One of Japan's seven

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s is in this facility.

Notable prisoners

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– Serial killer, executed in 2000. * Tsukasa Kanda – Executed in 2015.

References

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